SocietyCommentary
The Age of Censorship Is Ending
This week, in a stunning volte-face, Mark Zuckerberg announced that Facebook would now be revising its censorship policies to accord with his older vision of… Read More
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Jimmy Carter and the Unraveling of American Culture
An essay appeared recently in The Wall Street Journal under the headline “What Happens When a Whole Generation Never Grows Up?” Behavior that has always… Read More
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The Fall of the Censorship Wall at Facebook
Since Donald Trump won reelection, the fiercest Trump-bashers in the press have raged against any sign of media titans softening their approaches before the second… Read More
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Another Complete Unknown Is Pete Seeger’s Communism
Toward the end of “A Complete Unknown,” a good biopic about Bob Dylan that opened on Christmas, there is a key scene in which Dylan manager Albert Grossman barks… Read More
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New Year, Same as the Old Year
The Romans set January as the first month of the year. Originally, March had been the start of the new year. But the early Roman… Read More
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EXCLUSIVE: Fortune 500 Company Fires Christian for Not Aligning With ‘Core Values’ on LGBTQ Issues
FIRST ON THE DAILY SIGNAL—Russ Salerno lost his job at a Fortune 500 financial institution after several years because his employer concluded that his conservative… Read More
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Meet America’s 6’6” Revolutionary War Legend You Never Knew About
Travis Bowman is a seventh-generation descendant of one of America’s most remarkable yet overlooked Revolutionary War heroes: Peter Francisco, known as “The Virginia Giant.” During… Read More
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‘RED FLAG’: Terrorist’s Mosque Points FBI to Islamic Group That Condemns Israel’s ‘Ethnic Cleansing’ in Gaza
Shamsud-Din Bahar Jabbar, the man who drove a car into New Year’s Eve revelers on Bourbon Street after praising the Islamic State in Iraq and… Read More
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San Francisco Starts Ban on Cash Welfare for Drug Addicts Who Refuse Treatment
THE CENTER SQUARE—San Francisco started its ban on county-funded cash assistance for individuals with substance abuse disorders who refuse to engage in treatment. Measure F, approved by… Read More
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Germany’s New Morgenthau Plan
Less than a year before the end of World War II, then-U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau drew up a nightmarish plan to punish… Read More
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The Wages of the Media’s Big Lie of 2024
In a year filled with media misses, the biggest collective lie of all not only cost Democrats the election but may have permanently reshaped the… Read More
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Three Classic Children’s Books Series to Revisit in 2025
The new year is a time for new things, but it can also be a time to rediscover hits from the past. For parents who want… Read More
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33 Books You Should Read in 2025
As you set your 2025 goals and New Year’s resolutions, The Daily Signal encourages you to make reading books a priority (or listening to them,… Read More
Trump’s Opportunity to Bring Balance to White House Press Room
The incoming Trump White House, including press secretary Karoline Leavitt, is signaling that it wants to revamp the press briefing room. This is an outstanding… Read More
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NYC Subway Incident, Neely’s Death Didn’t Have to Happen. But Family, Laws Failed Him.
Jordan Neely could have been my brother. Both were diagnosed with severe schizophrenia, both with violent criminal histories, and both forcibly, temporarily hospitalized at Bellevue… Read More
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A Light in the Darkness
The week before Christmas in 2006, on the same day I lost my job, doctors gave my wife six months to live. I had to… Read More
Pornhub to Block Access in 13 States as Age-Verification Laws Spread
THE CENTER SQUARE—The pornography website Pornhub soon will be inaccessible in 13 states after lawmakers passed a flurry of restrictions for social media and other… Read More
Defensive Gun Use Debunks Gun Control Ignorance
It’s increasingly clear that gun control activism thrives on ignorance about the nature of crime and the importance of the Second Amendment. Unfortunately, far too… Read More
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The Vindication of Daniel Penny
It didn’t take long for Daniel Penny, the subway savior who was persecuted by the New York City justice system for having the temerity to… Read More
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Is DEI Worth Saving?
Is anything worth saving from the State Department’s new but vast diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility apparatus? Executive summary: No. As the summer 2020 high… Read More
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Jordan Peterson’s New Book on Religion Strikes a Chord
In his new book, Jordan Peterson solidifies a complete transformation away from his teenage beliefs claiming “religion was for the ignorant, weak and superstitious.” His… Read More
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The White Pill
The movie “The Matrix” gave us the “red pill” and the “blue pill.” The red wakes you up to reality; the blue keeps you indoctrinated…. Read More
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A Return to Narnia Through Blue’s Tooth by Way of Ford’s Edge
It’s been quite some time since I’ve visited Narnia. I tend to give Disney’s 2005 adaptation of “The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe” a… Read More
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Thoughts on Fatherhood: A Post-Birth Dispatch
One year ago, almost to the day, I used this column as a “post-wedding dispatch” to offer some (very) preliminary thoughts on marriage. The column… Read More
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5 Lies Biden Used to Break the Border—and How Trump Can Fix It
Over the past four years, President Joe Biden conducted an experiment: What happens if you open the U.S. border to nearly all who seek entry? He released… Read More
UnitedHealthcare Covers Double Mastectomies for 17-Year-Olds With Gender Dysphoria
America’s largest health insurance company covers double mastectomies for some 17-year-old girls who identify as transgender. UnitedHealthcare’s “Gender Dysphoria Treatment” guide, which took effect Dec…. Read More
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‘Gladiator II’ Rips the Heart Out of the Russell Crowe Classic
Are you not entertained? But is that really why you are here? The genius of the 2000 movie “Gladiator” wasn’t just the music, the acting… Read More
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Biden Policies Slowed America’s Wireless Internet Expansion to Dial-Up Speed
It’s always hilarious when people want government to do stuff. Because not only is government awful at everything, it is excruciatingly slow at being awful… Read More
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ABC’s Payment to Trump Creates ‘Chilling Effect’
After ABC News settled with Donald Trump for $16 million over George Stephanopoulos incessantly lying about Trump being held “liable for rape,” the hot concept… Read More
‘Horrible Ordeal’: Father of 11 Targeted by Biden DOJ Urges Repeal of FACE Act
Paul Vaughn, a Christian father of 11 convicted under the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act for praying outside an abortion clinic, testified Wednesday… Read More
